Rome  - Fiorentina striker Adrian Mutu has suggested to make a donation to organizations assisting drug addicts instead of paying a massive fine to Chelsea, who in 2004 fired and sued him for use of cocaine.

The world ruling body FIFA this year sentenced Mutu to pay 17 million euros (24.5 million dollars) to the English club, but the footballer has maintained that he will never be able to pay such an amount.

The ANSA news agency reported Tuesday that Mutu, who is now at Serie A side Fiorentina, wrote to Chelsea and FIFA that he is willing to pay a lower amount to charities in Italy, England and in his native Romania.

Rome - Serie A side Fiorentina said Monday that their Romanian striker Adrian Mutu is to be sidelined for 10 days after having missed the first two games of the season.

Mutu, 30, has suffered from a right-thigh problem that seemed to worsen as he trained with his national team last week, the Florence club's website reported. . The former Chelsea and Juventus player also faces a stiff fine stemming from a ban for use of cocaine he received in 2004.

Lausanne, Switzerland  - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed Friday an appeal by Romanian striker Adrian Mutu against a FIFA order that he pay former club Chelsea 17.17 million euros (24.14 million dollars) in damages for breach of contract.

Mutu was sacked by the English Premier League after testing positive for cocaine in 2004 a year after joining them from Parma and was ordered to pay the sum by football's ruling body last year.

The 30-year-old has since gone on to rebuild his career, joining Juventus in 2005 despite serving a seven-month ban for the cocaine offence before moving on to Fiorentina in 2006. (dpa)

Rome  - Adrian Mutu scored a brace Monday as Fiorentina won 3-1 away to Bologna in a Serie A game called off Sunday due to heavy snowfall.

Bologna's defence was in trouble on six minutes as both captain Claudio Terzi and goalkeeper Francesco Antonioli failed to intervene allowing the Romanian to connect with Riccardo Montolivo's long feed and volley home from few metres off.

Ten minutes later, Montolivo again split the defence and sent away the striker, who came face to face with Antonioli and beat him to notch his 101st goal with Italian sides.